Saturday 27 October 2012

Blithfield Res (permit only)
2x Whooper Swan in Blithe Bay this morning.......GJM....In Tad Bay 5x Scaup (ad drake, fem, 3 imm), 3x Goldeneye, 25x Pochard, 39x Wigeon. Causeway juv Black Tern........RP.

Westport Lake
Imm drake Scaup still........NJS

Imm drake Scaup at Westport, taken by Steve Gibson

Gailey Res
Scaup f/w drake and adult Med Gull mid morning on main sailing lake.......

Silverdale CP
2x Great Black-backed Gull on the Void mid morning........PJ, plus Jack Snipe, Snipe and 12 Golden Plover over this afternoon SJT . ....Also at Apedale, a fem/juv Black Redstart on Energy Centre CP, Blackbank Road at 3.30pm.....GS.....Over Blackbank, 3909x Wood Pigeon over in 2 hours this morning........JH.

Rudyard Lake
4x Goosander fems, 2x Goldeneye fems and c80 Fieldfare........SS.

Uttoxeter Quarry
7x Golden Plover, Green Sandpiper, Curlew, 24x Wigeon, 28x Teal, 2x Goosander, Gadwell, Raven, c100 Fieldfare.......AB.
Additional Green Sandpiper up to 3, 2x Mandarin, Common Gull, 10x Skylark.......RP.

Tittesworth
Jack Snipe one on the conservation pool, also Crossbill, two Goldeneye and a Barn Owl......SG

                                            Jack Snipe at Tittesworth by Steve Gibson

Aqualate Mere
Black-necked Grebe one still late morning, also a possible Slavonian Grebe but bird distant........

Middle Hills
3x Short-eared Owl at 17:30........SS.

Brookleys Lake
94x Mandarin present.........RP.

Croxhall GPs
Redshank, 9x Lapwing, Little Egret, 10x Great Crested Grebe. 4x Wigeon, 90x Teal, 69x Mallard, 2x Pochard, 29x Fieldfare, 12x Redwing.........SC.

Whitemoor Haye
c400 Fieldfare, c300 Lapwing, c100 Mute Swan, 3x Golden Plover, 20x Meadpw Pipit.......SC.

Branston GPs
5x Ruff, 3x Green Sandpiper, 2x Redshank, 9x Curlew, 243x Golden Plover, c300 Lapwing, c250 Grey-Lag Geese, 5x Pochard, 2x Shoveller, c150 Teal, Raven, Jay, Green Woodpecker, 4x Buzzard........AJ.

Trent Washlands
Little Egret, 22x Teal, 2x Willow Tit, 65x Redwing, 32x Fieldfare,3x Little Grebe, 2x Sparrowhawk, 2x Nuthatch, Herring Gull........AJ.

Meir Heath-Stallington
58x Fieldfare, 2x Redwing, 50x Starling, Mistle Thrush, Jay, Buzzard, 2x Goldfinch........ARa.